Sometimes you’re doing stuff and you realize that you’re at peace. You don’t flap when little things pop up, and just take stuff in stride.
Because none of it matters.
Specific example right now: at the airport and my wife walks slowly, far slower than my default pace. Stop, wait, slow down. It’s all good.
As compared to “She isn’t doing airport right.”
I certainly didn’t prepare myself to be calm and accepting and adaptable. It just happened.
What’s in my control and what is outside my control? Today it didn’t require a conscious thought. It just worked.